PyData London News November 2019

60th Meetup

Host: Man Group

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PyData Code of Conduct

https://pydata.org/code-of-conduct/

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NumFOCUS

  • US-based charity in support of open-source scientific computing
  • Financial and admin support for many open-source projects
  • Support for many community events
  • https://numfocus.org
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PyData

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PyData London

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Python 3.8 released!

  • First version of Python 3.8 released in October

Some new features:

  • Assignment expressions (a.k.a. the walrus operator)
  • f-string supports = to debug expressions
  • Positional-only function parameters
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Last weekend: Python Open Source Hackathon by Man Group

https://www.man.com/hackathon2019

  • Hackathon to contribute to some well-known Data Science projects (e.g. pandas, scikit-learn) with guidance from some of the core developers
  • Lightning talk later!
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PyData Cambridge - November 15-17

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PyLadies + PyData London Beginners Workshop - end of January

Free half-day Python Data Science workshop for beginners

Format: hands-on exercises with support from some coaches

When: end of January 2020 (probably Sat 25h January)

Where: TBC

Registration open towards the end of November

PyData London 2020 - May 15-17

Venue: the Tower Hotel on St. Katharine's Docks

Tutorials on Friday

Keynotes, talks and more on Saturday-Sunday

Call for Proposals announced later this year

Free childcare support

Diversity scholarships

Speaker mentorship programme

Beginners Workshop

All proceeds benefit NumFOCUS

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